Paola Mesiano1, Cristiana Rollino2, Giulietta Beltrame2, Michela Ferro2, Giacomo Quattrocchio2, Roberta Fenoglio2, Marco Pozzato2, Pasqualina Cecere2, Giacomo Forneris2, Mario Bazzan3, Gianluca Macchia4, Dario Roccatello2,5,6. 1. Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, 10154, Turin, Italy. paola.mesiano@gmail.com. 2. Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, 10154, Turin, Italy. 3. Hematology Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, 10154, Turin, Italy. 4. Radiology, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, 10154, Turin, Italy. 5. Center of Research on Immunopathology and Rare Diseases, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Piazza del Donatore di Sangue 3, 10154, Turin, Italy. 6. University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute renal infarction is a rare condition whose diagnosis is often delayed. Major risk factors include atrial fibrillation, valvular or ischemic heart disease, renal artery thrombosis/dissection and coagulopathy. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 18 patients admitted to our Nephrology Department between 1999 and 2015 for acute renal infarction diagnosed by computed tomography. Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy was performed in some patients during follow-up to assess parenchymal lesions and estimate differential kidney function. RESULTS: Mean age was 59.8 years. Major associated risk factors included hypertension (44 %), obesity (33 %), atrial fibrillation (28 %), peripheral vascular disease (17 %), smoking (17 %), prior thromboembolic event (11 %), diabetes (11 %), estroprogestinic therapy (11 %). Seventy-two percent of patients presented with flank pain. Mean serum creatinine was 1.2 ± 0.6 mg/dl. Acute kidney injury occurred as the initial manifestation in two patients. Patients were managed conservatively, with low molecular weight heparin (83 %) or aspirin (11 %). At the end of follow-up serum creatinine was 1.1 ± 0.3 mg/dl; one patient remained on chronic hemodialysis. 58 % of patients who underwent renal scintigraphy after a median of 8 months had a reduced contribution of the previously affected kidney to total renal function. CONCLUSION: Risk factors associated with the development of chronic kidney disease following renal infarction are unknown. In our subjects, renal function remained stable in all but one patient who developed end stage renal disease. Further studies should focus on etiology and evolution of kidney function in patients with acute renal infarction.
BACKGROUND:Acute renal infarction is a rare condition whose diagnosis is often delayed. Major risk factors include atrial fibrillation, valvular or ischemic heart disease, renal artery thrombosis/dissection and coagulopathy. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 18 patients admitted to our Nephrology Department between 1999 and 2015 for acute renal infarction diagnosed by computed tomography. Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy was performed in some patients during follow-up to assess parenchymal lesions and estimate differential kidney function. RESULTS: Mean age was 59.8 years. Major associated risk factors included hypertension (44 %), obesity (33 %), atrial fibrillation (28 %), peripheral vascular disease (17 %), smoking (17 %), prior thromboembolic event (11 %), diabetes (11 %), estroprogestinic therapy (11 %). Seventy-two percent of patients presented with flank pain. Mean serum creatinine was 1.2 ± 0.6 mg/dl. Acute kidney injury occurred as the initial manifestation in two patients. Patients were managed conservatively, with low molecular weight heparin (83 %) or aspirin (11 %). At the end of follow-up serum creatinine was 1.1 ± 0.3 mg/dl; one patient remained on chronic hemodialysis. 58 % of patients who underwent renal scintigraphy after a median of 8 months had a reduced contribution of the previously affected kidney to total renal function. CONCLUSION: Risk factors associated with the development of chronic kidney disease following renal infarction are unknown. In our subjects, renal function remained stable in all but one patient who developed end stage renal disease. Further studies should focus on etiology and evolution of kidney function in patients with acute renal infarction.
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Acute kidney injury; Acute renal infarction; Renal scintigraphy; Single center study
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